Email from my cousin, Manny

I got the following letter from my cousin, Manny.  It brought me back to a lot of memories of my summers when I was a kid; almost made me cry.  I'm just glad the kids are going to experience some of that too this summer.  My brother's children have never been to the Azores before--it's sure going to be an experience for all of them--I wish I was there to see their reactions.  OH well, I'm sure I will hear all about when they come back..  Just wish we were all there at the same time!!  Check out how well he writes in English, by the way: 

                          

Julie,

The Festa de Sao Joao de Vila Nova, starts today with Bailinhos Folklores, tomorrow is a band, Monday evening they will catch the all popular  "Cantoria" I think your mom likes Cantoria, who doesn´t ? ha..ha..   Tuesday will be the Bullfight at 1830 hours, right here na Praca, i´ve already boarded up the front of the house for us to all stand out there and watch, I´m sure the kids will get a kick out of it.  And on the 22nd starts the SANJOANINAS in Angra it lasts 9 days, they will really enjoy that.  They can go see Arena Bullfights and catch all the other activities, my son Tiago can take the kids to all the hot spots at night, he knows all the discos where kids hang out and dance to the latest house music and rap.  It will really be a good time for the younger cousins to really get to know each other better, Tiago, Beatriz, Miguel and Luisa are really excited!!!!  Tell Eddie that the weather has been crappy all month just like the last time he was here, maybe this time it will be the opposite it will get better when he arrives.  It hasn´t been cold just cloudy  most of the time with some light rain.

When you arrive I think you will catch the last day of the Praia Festival, but we will find other things to do I´m sure.  You can check out the Sanjoaninas  and the Praia Festa @; 

http://www.sanjoaninas.com/

http://cm-praiadavitoria.azoresdigital.pt/Default.aspx?Module=Artigo&ID=610

See you soon,

Manny